The Fox and the Filly- Back to Basics
Immediately after bringing Rena inside, it was all hands on deck for everypony as Leona and Lyall were doing what they could to make sure Rena was stable. All the while their tamers were also pitching in and helping out with whatever they could in order to make sure that the Renamon was okay. Unlike outside, the cabin that Leona had established here was rather warm and toasty so they did not have to worry about anypony freezing their tails off. But the big concern here was that it may be some time before Rena could be able to fight, let alone move on her own after the damage she had sustained from their short encounter with Sangloupmon.
But there was another issue that needed to be addressed other than that of Rena. Primarily, it was on the matter with Sweetie Belle. If Sangloupmon were to come back and take them on again, they needed to make sure that she and Rena could be able to digivolve properly… and that involved her not giving into her anger and emotions. Which was rather hard given how their attacker was involved in harming her sister, but also responsible for the death of her mother. It was a lot for her to process and it was something that she couldn’t get off her mind, sitting in the corner of the room and isolating herself from everypony else. Even when Lyall and Button offered her Ice Cream to try and have her not think about it, Sweetie Belle declined.
It was only until a few hours later, when Rena was beginning to regain consciousness, that Sweetie Belle actually got up and moved. “Ugh… my head…” The filly herself soon got up to where Rena was and jumped up onto the bed as she pulled the digimon in for an emotional hug as the digimon felt tears come down her partner’s face. “S-sweetie Belle?”
Sweetie Belle didn’t say anything and just hugged tightly onto Rena, wanting for this moment to last for a bit longer… unfortunately though, that wasn’t exactly the case when Leona looked at the two of them and then hopped on the bed seconds later. Wanting the filly to move over… even though Sweetie Belle wasn’t budging.
“Please don’t tell me that they’re going to fight over who gets to be with me, I just woke up…” Rena thought inside her head. And unfortunately… what she was hoping for didn’t quite happen that way.
Especially when Leona’s first sentence that Rena had heard her say in a while was along the lines of this. “Hey, let me hug her too! Don't hog her all to yourself!”
“Make me.” The filly snapped. “She’s my partner, not yours.”
“WHAT!? She may be your partner, but that doesn't make you entitled! I'm the one dating her!” Leona whined as she tried to push sweetie belle to the side so she could hug rena.
In which, caused Rena to glare at her in response and pick up the Coronamon in a pinch grip. “I don’t think going to a cabin in the middle of the mountains is in any way an actual date… besides, do you two really need to fight while I’m just inches away from you guys?”
Leona, for her part shrunk in on herself in response as she tried to apologize. “I-im sorry! I just wanted to hug you and being alone for hundreds of years doesn't bode well for one’s courting skills… i'll try to make something better next time…”
“Relax, Leona… everyone messes up sometimes… besides, both of you don’t need to fight over who can be able to spend time with me… though, I think Sweetie Belle was not wanting to stand down for a… different reason.” The Renamon lightly spoke as she looked in the filly’s direction as Sweetie Belle stood by them.
“I-i’m sorry for losing my f-focus earlier… It was my fault that you got hurt-”
“Sweetie, it’s okay… I’m still here…” She said, rubbing the filly’s mane. “Though… I think the encounter with Sangloupmon brings up a different topic that we should address before we get back to training tomorrow.” That had Sweetie Belle’s ears drop for a bit as she recalled what happened, before looking back at her partner.
“You mean… when I got really mad earlier?”
Rena nodded in response before looking back at Leona for a moment. “Don’t worry Sweetie Belle, you’re not the only one who had this kind of problem. Your mother had it too when she was my partner long ago. You have to not let your emotions get the better of you when you’re attempting digivolution. Otherwise, I’ll only be half as strong as I could’ve been… or end up causing some trouble… Like Leona here.” The last part had Rena scratch Leona’s head to the point where she was messing with her fire like mane as the Coronamon squirmed a little in response.
“Nuu! Shtap that!” Leona cried as she squirmed from the attention, reacting just like a cat who was having the back of its ears scratched. Which caused Sweetie Belle to giggle for a moment before asking something that… didn’t really set well with Leona in her current state.
“Can I try petting her?”
“No! Please! No more!” Leona begged, unable to resist Rena’s pets. It didn’t help that Sweetie Belle was convinced to pitch in shortly afterwards and use her magic to pull Leona closer to Rena. Who was now holding the Coronamon like a kitten in her arms as both of them took turns petting her.
And just when things couldn’t get more awkward enough in her current state… Leona’s partner walked in. “Hey Leona, are you okay in there-?” Spike asked, only to see his partner being treated like a cat as he looked at them. “Aww… that’s just too cute.”
“I know right?” Sweetie Belle beamed a few seconds later before running out into the hall. “Hang on a second so I can get my camera! This would look great in my scrapbook!”
“No!” Leona shrieked, managing to snap out of the hypnosis of her cat like anatomy and escaping Rena’s grasp as she leapt at Sweetie Belle in desperation. Tackling her just as Lyall arrived at the door to where Rena was and found Leona lying on top of the filly in an awkward fashion.
“Hunh… never thought you wanted the relationship to go three ways and to second base already, Leona.” He smirked, before picking Leona up in the same pinch grip format that Rena did earlier while Sweetie Belle galloped off to go get her camera.
“...” Leona said nothing as her face became so red it could be classified as a new color, her gaze slowly drifting to look up at him.
“Lyall, cut it out. I rather not have Leona trying to burn the cabin down just because you said something stupid,” Rena groaned, which led to the Strabimon setting Leona back down on the bed as Rena breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank you.”
“Whatever the case, I’m glad to see that you’re okay. I was just as worried as Sweetie Belle was when you were still recovering, but I’m glad to see that you’re doing okay now,” He replied as Button Mash and Sweetie Belle came back. This time, with Sweetie Belle holding her camera as she got a photo of Leona and Rena before Leona was even ready for it.
“Why me…” Leona groaned, glaring at the camera as she submitted to Rena’s paws once more, deciding to let Lyall live for now. It didn’t get better though when her partner, Spike, actually suggested something.
“Hey, why don’t we get a group photo of all of us together?”
“That sounds brilliant!” Sweetie Belle cheerfully replied as she looked back at Button and Lyall, who also agreed with Spike on the idea. Leaving Leona as the only one dreading in the room about what she suggested.
“Why!? Why must I be in so many photographs!? And it better not be some reason like being cute cause i'm not!” Leona tried complaining.
“Leona, think of it. They’re still young and would want a picture to try and remember some of the… better moments of being here,” Lyall told her. “Please don’t be all Grumpy Cat and be upset throughout the whole process.”
Rena herself sighed at that. “You’re not making this any easier, you know that right? Just… let me do it.” Before Leona could say anything, the Renamon decided to look back at her and then speak up once again. “Leona, if you let us take the photo, then I can let you cuddle with Sweetie Belle and I tonight.”
“W-w-wha!?” Leona sputtered caught off guard, and now blushing even harder than when Lyall walked in and commented, if that's possible? Sadly for her, she promptly passed out from the proposition moments later as she for… reasons… ended up getting a massive nosebleed as she imagined herself in the same bed as Rena.
“I’m going to assume that’s a yes…” Rena replied.
“Yeah, but who’s going to take the photo if all of us are in a group?” Lyall then asked, to which Rena just raised a finger and placed her hands together. Asking for Sweetie Belle to slide a specific card that had a Wizardmon on it as a doppelganger of herself appeared on the other side of the room. “... Okay, how were you able to do that?”
“Just because I’m a Renamon doesn’t mean I can’t come up with things on my own. With my last partner, we had to handle a fight with an Ogremon that was too fast for the eye to track, so we needed to create a way to deceive him.” The Renamon replied. “Remember when Wizardmon tried to trick Agunimon in Digimon Frontier? Same principal.”
“You do realize that Leona would get a bigger nosebleed if she saw two of you right?” Lyall then pointed out as Spike was cleaning up any blood that might have come out of her nose.
“Meh, worth it.” The Renamon replied. “Now come on, let’s get that picture taken before Leona wakes up.”
By the time that Leona had woken back up again, she found herself in a rather awkward and yet… partially uncomfortable situation. She was lying on a comfy mattress that was Rena’s bed, which was the opposite of uncomfortable by any means, but it was when she looked up that she found herself sandwiched between Rena on one side of the bed, Sweetie Belle on the other and she was right now getting hugged like a teddy bear by both of them.
It didn’t help for the matter that Sweetie Belle was having a bit of a nightmare and was trying to grip onto Leona even tighter. “P-please don’t go, mommy…”
“urk…!” Leona gasped for breath as the filly’s legs squeezed her neck as she scrambled with her paws to try and untangle herself, but to no avail as Rena’s much larger arms kept her pinned down.
“M-mommy… Can you kiss me goodbye, please?” Sweetie Belle said now, moving her head closer to Leona’s… which made the Coronamon even more uncomfortable than she already was.
Poor Leona was unable to do anything though as she watched in horror, the word “NOPE!” repeating through her head at high speeds as the filly started to get dangerously close to her face. Then, she felt Sweetie Belle’s forehead lean against her as she felt the filly tremble… only to be startled awake seconds later with a terrified look on her face. “Ah!!”
It took her a while to calm down and realize that what she saw was just a dream… but it also took her the same amount of time to realize that Leona was awake and not a Teddy Bear until after Sweetie Belle tried to squeeze her again. “Wait… Teddy Bears don’t have flaming tails… Leona?”
Leona’s only response was to wheeze, still not able to breathe from Sweetie Belle’s death grip on her neck… her eyes slightly rolled up into her head. That was, until Sweetie Belle immediately loosened her grip… and then assumed that Leona was unconscious. “Okay, Sweetie Belle, don’t panic… you can do this… Ms. Cheerilee all taught us how to do CPR…”
As if in response to that three letter word, Leona was gone, gasping for breath on the edge of the bed behind Rena and away from Sweetie Belle. Which, in turn, made Sweetie Belle feel two things. One, good that Leona was okay… and two, bad that she made her try to run away from them. “I-i’m sorry, Ms. Leona…”
Yet, just as Leona thought that the shenanigans were over, she heard Rena rustle a bit in the bed, felt one of her paws pick her up and then drop her on her opposite side to the point that the Renamon was using her as a pillow. Of course though… that was only for a few seconds. Especially when Sweetie Belle used her magic to switch out Leona with an actual pillow and set her down right next to her. “I’m still sorry, Ms. Leona…”
“... Did you have to swap me out with a real pillow?” She pouted.
“Um… why? We don’t have a teddy bear that looks like you… and I don’t think you would sleep well with a head on your chest holding you down.” The filly did bring up a valid point. But not for the reason that Leona intended.
“But… but… ARGH, you're too young to understand!” Leona continued to pout. “And your apology for using me for a teddy bear is accepted…” She added with a grumble.
“Oh… yeah, sorry I was…” The filly looked down, before turning to Leona and sighing. “I had a nightmare and I was… scared. It brought back the memories when we found out that my parents were killed in an accident. Rarity’s the only close family I have now and since she’s in the hospital, I’m scared that I’m not strong enough to protect those I call family… Like Rena, Rarity and… well… you?”
“... huh?” Leona said, a bit thrown for a loop.
“Well, you and Rena are dating right? Wouldn’t that mean that you’re going to be part of our family later on?” Sweetie Belle asked, while also giving Leona a puppy dog eyes expression in the process.
“... uh…” Leona just stared back, her eye twitching as she became increasingly more and more confused. Which, only left Sweetie Belle to do what she believed was the best idea she had. Go up to hug her for a moment… before asking something.
“Does this cabin have ice cream?”
Sadly this didn't have the response she expected… and instead, after a burst of static, Leona’s form seemed to glitch for a moment before she began to flicker from black and white to color as she also fell down and began uncontrollably twitch and foam a strange pixelated substance from her mouth. The words “Leona.exe” and “ERROR” scrolling across a blue screen that appeared, covering her eyes.
Which, only caused Rena to wake up to Sweetie Belle trying to tap her as the Renamon looked at both of them. “S-sweetie Belle? W-what’s going on?”
“Uh… I had a nightmare, was talking with Leona… and I think she broke when I asked if there was Ice Cream here.” All that did was cause the Renamon to groan as she facepalmed herself in response to that. “Did I do something wrong?”
“No no… it’s fine. I just… didn’t think Leona would literally crash like that,” Rena sighed before shuffling out of the bed and letting the Coronamon fall back over. “Come on, let’s go get something to eat so we can give Leona some time to reboot.”
“Yay!” The filly cheered as both of them went towards the kitchen. Rena was soon able to get both of them two bowls of vanilla ice cream as she set them on the table along with a few toppings in order to decorate the frozen and tasty treat as they please. The renamon in particular couldn’t remember the last time she had ice cream with her partner. It had definitely been a long time since those days with Pearl.
Though, in the present… there was something that Sweetie Belle said that caught her by surprise. “Hey… um, about earlier… you said that my mom had the same kind of difficulties with Digivolution as well?” This surprised Rena at first because she didn’t think that her partner would want to talk about something like this so soon. But, this also showed that Sweetie Belle was being proactive on the situation and in addressing it too, which definitely builds character.
“Yeah, but it was because back then, she was a lot more focused on trying to see something thoroughly to the end and her frustrations got the better of her,” The Renamon replied. “What happened earlier was different-”
“I know, but if I am going to be able to protect everypony else, including Rarity, then I need to figure it out so we’re ready for next time that guy comes.” The filly interrupted her. “It’s my responsibility to look out for them and I want to make sure that what happened to Rarity doesn’t happen to anypony else.” That… had the Renamon stop eating for a moment and set down her spoon back in her bowl before looking at Sweetie Belle. Right now, she had a flashback to when she was talking with Pearl on the same matter. Back then, a friend of hers got hurt because of a digimon and it was then that she told Rena that she would do everything in her power as a tamer to make sure that nopony else would get hurt.
It was almost as if she was looking directly at Pearl right now. “You do understand what I mean… Right, Rena?”
Now was when Rena decided to no longer stay silent… and actually speak this time. “I do… and if you really want to make sure nopony else gets hurt, then I support you… However, in order for us to be at our best, we need to go back to the basics so you can really understand how digivolution works.”
That had Sweetie Belle a bit confused as she looked back at Rena for a moment. “What do you mean by ‘how it works’?”
“Digivolution isn’t just swiping a card and having something happen like when you use Digimodify cards,” The Renamon began to tell her as Sweetie Belle placed her digivice and her deck of cards on the table. “It’s also based on emotional bonds between partner and tamer that works both ways. You provide energy through your digivice to me and in return, I can be able to fight.”
“And that energy is… based on emotion?” Sweetie Belle asked. “Like the changelings when they need love to feed.”
Rena for a moment, seemed a bit puzzled, before looking back at her and sighing. “That’s one way of putting it. However, what Pearl and I learned when we were partners is that positive energy allows for us to be able to reach champion form without any hiccups. Like that of the elements of harmony.”
That… had Sweetie Belle pause for a minute before looking back at Rena for a minute, surprised by what she heard. “Wait… how do you know about the elements of harmony?”
“Why it was one of you mother’s favorite ponytales back when she was your age. Why do you ask?” That… left Sweetie Belle rather surprised as she looked back at her partner. Especially with what she was about to tell her right now.
“That’s not a ponytale, Rena. That actually happened,” Sweetie Belle pointed out to her as she also mentioned something else that also caught Rena off guard. “Rarity is the element of Generosity and her friends are the other elements.”
That… also left Rena rather puzzled as she looked back at her partner and then asked her something new. “Hang on… Your sister has five friends in ponyville, wouldn’t that mean there’s only five elements-”
“There’s six… remind me to explain it to you later though. I think we should get back to what you were saying on digivolution,” Sweetie Belle added as she looked back at her partner. “So if positive energy leads to a complete digivolution, then that would mean that the one that happened earlier was… well, when you use the opposite of positive energy.”
“Yeah, Pearl and I called it a reverse digivolution because it’s used with negative energy instead of positive. Like anger, rage, hatred, feelings of revenge, and the like. All it does is have the digimon digivolve into a form where they only have half of their original power and are more likely to expend any extra stamina that they happen to have at that time.” Rena fully explained to Sweetie Belle, before looking down at her dessert and thinking of a good analogy. “Think of it like this… the ice cream in your bowl is like the energy we would use for digivolution. However, if you take half of it away, what’s left is the energy reserve a digimon would have if they do a reverse digivolution.”
“Hunh… that definitely makes sense.” Sweetie Belle pointed out. “Though, how are we going to get you to digivolve normally? You already told me that I can’t do it on command.”
However, that was where Rena had to correct her partner. “I did not say it like that… You have the tools you need to perform it… But you can’t be impulsive and do it out of sheer anger. You have to feel it in yourself that you are doing it for the right reason and then do it.”
“So… you’re saying that I need to feel… calm?” Sweetie Belle then asked for clarification, which was followed by Rena nodding her head as she replied back to her with a different thought. “Okay, but how am I suppose to stay calm when you’re fighting a digimon? Part of me gets nervous that something bad might happen.”
“Don’t assume that something bad will happen when we fight one… think positively. Think that no matter what the obstacle is, we’ll be able to overcome anything thrown at us.” The Renamon told her partner as she placed a paw on her shoulder. “We’re not going to let a big bad wolf hurt anypony else… alright?” Shortly after she said that, Sweetie Belle felt a surge of confidence return to her as she looked back at Rena and nodded her head in acknowledgement as both of them got back to their tasty frozen dessert.
Only for Sweetie Belle to get an idea. “You know what would be funny? Having Leona wake up to having her face be in a bowl of ice cream.” Rena thought about it for a moment, before looking back at her partner and smiling.
“Hmm… Now that you mentioned it… I think I have a better idea,” Rena told her as she looked back at one of the shelves. “Now where did I last see that brownie mix?”
Later…
By the time that Leona’s reboot sequence had finished, the rookie level digimon woke up to finding herself in the most… strangest of predicaments. For one thing, she found herself in… a bowl. Not a small bowl, but something like that of a mixing bowl. Secondly, there was the fact that on top of her back was a couple scoops of Ice Cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and also a cherry on top. Making her think that this was some kind of messed up pranks.
Lastly, what made her fully realize her current predicament was the fact that she was… actually sleeping on a small bed made of brownies. That and also a note taped to the edge of the bowl. ‘Morning Leona… We thought you would like a special treat since you kind of glitched out on us when Sweetie Belle asked you about ice cream. Hope you like your hot fudge sundae ;P -Rena and Sweetie Belle’
That… caused Leona to twitch a little. Did she really have to leave her in this kind of predicament? I mean, the ice cream and everything was fine, but did she really need to be left like this-?
“Hey, Lyall… Did somepony leave out a hot fudge sundae?”
That question only had one thought run through Leona mind shortly before bursting out of there and causing ice cream and brownies to fly everywhere. Leaving a massive ungodly mess in her wake. “Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope!!!!!!”
“Hey Rena, do you hear something?”
“Nothing in particular actually…” Rena replied as the two of them soon went into what looked like a dojo or training room as the Renamon closed the door behind her. “Why do you ask?”
“I just thought I heard Leona screaming just now, but maybe it’s just me,” The filly replied before looking back at her partner. “So, how are we going to make sure that I can get you to fully be able to digivolve?”
“Well, to start…… We should go back to the basics when it comes to explaining the bonds that Tamers and Digimon share. Doing so can help us understand what else we need to cover next.”
“You mean digivolution?” The filly then asked, wanting to clarify on what her partner was saying. Which caused Rena to nod a little in response.
“That’s a part of it. Now, could you please place the cards in your deck out in front of you?” The renamon asked as both the digimon and the filly sat across from one another in the middle of the room. Though a bit confused, Sweetie Belle did what Rena asked and briefly set the cards down in between them. “How we fight doesn’t just depend on how we work as partners, but also is based on the strength of our bond that you transmit through these cards. For when you use them for Digi-modify, you can help me too.”
When Sweetie Belle looked at Rena, all she did in response was just raise an eyebrow as she lifted up one of the cards and began to inspect it. “How though? Other than the one that I used yesterday, most of these look just like cards from a game.”
“Sweetie, if you use these cards in the same method that you would use to try and digivolve me, you can modify certain attributes of mine as well as give me techniques to use in combat. This even includes when we react digivolution, but the cards only work when you’re calm and focus, just like with digivolution.” The Renamon then told her, recalling when she originally learned this with Sweetie Belle’s mother all those years ago around her age. “Here… let me provide a demonstration.”
Before Sweetie Belle could ask about what her partner meant, Rena soon set up two different tests to which you stack a wood board on top of a pair of bricks and try to break the board. “First… I will attempt to break the board on my own…” With that, The Renamon threw her clenched paw forward at the board, but it only made a rather small dent as the digimon looked back at her tamer. “Now… use the digi-modify card that’s called ‘Crystal Fire’.”
“Um… okay?” The confused Unicorn asked, doing what she was told as she slashed the card through her digivice. “Digi-modify… Crystal Fire?”
When the Renamon attempted to punch the board again, the results shocked Sweetie Belle. This time, the board was split completely in half as both pieces of it soon fell to the ground along with the splinters that broke off moments later. “Can you see the difference now?”
“W-what was that?! What did that card do?” Sweetie Belle asked in awe and confusion as her partner began to speak again.
“The Crystal Fire card is one that can increase my strength for a short duration,” Rena told her as she sat back down. “Beforehand, I was unable to break the board on my own. But after you used the card and I felt your energy from it, I was able to split the board without any trouble…” She took a short breath, before saying something else to her. “Sweetie Belle… I know this is all new to you and that you feel worried and nervous about something that might happen… but if you let go of those unknown feelings and put your trust and faith in me, anything is possible. You give me the strength to keep on fighting… and I will do everything in my power to not let you down, okay?”
Sweetie Belle though… was still unsure. “B-but… Rarity…”
“I know that we weren’t able to help Rarity when she needed it most…” The renamon told her, before placing a paw on her shoulder and smiling a little. “But we can make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again to anypony else okay?”
The filly thought it over for a moment… before taking the moment to nervously nod her head in response. “Okay… Rena… can I ask you something?”
Rena herself looked back at Sweetie Belle for a moment, trying to sound calm and collective despite the fact that she did not expect this kind of question. “Of course you can.”
“Can… you teach me how to be brave?” The question itself was a bit of a surprise to the digimon at first. But then, she began to understand the reasons for her question shortly after. “I thought that if we’re going to make this work… I needed to tackle my fears and worries. I want to be brave, just like you.” The question was followed up by Sweetie Belle looking back at Rena soon lead to the renamon replying back with three simple words.
“Yes I can.”
Back in Ponyville…
“So what was it that we needed to get while we were here?” Button Mash asked Spike as the two of them were walking around the marketplace. Given the fact that Leona needed a chance to calm down and the fact that Rena and Sweetie Belle were in the process of training, Lyall suggested to the two of them that they should go buy a few groceries and household items so that Leona’s little house could feel more like a home since they were taking the time to train there and prepare for any other attacks from other Digimon.
“Well,” Spike said, looking at the personal list he wrote up. “We got bread, peanut butter, jelly…” The dragon paused for a moment to look down the list before turning to the earth pony. “We pretty much have everything-”
“Did you look on the back side of the list?” They heard a voice from inside Button’s Digivice, before Spike turned it around and realized that he did forget something.
“Oh right… Apples from Sweet Apple Acres. It’s not far, so let’s go there and pick some up.” The dragon replied before looking back at Button Mash. “Race you!”
“H-hey!! Wait up!” The colt stammered before chasing after Spike as they ran over towards Sweet Apple Acres. However, as they got closer and closer to the orchard, Lyall himself began to feel a little uneasy. Mostly because he felt the presence of a digimon within the vicinity of the apple orchard. Yet, even though it wasn’t like the other one when Sangloupmon attacked Rena… He wasn’t going to be taking any chances.
Soon, both colt and dragon arrived at the front of the orchard and were greeted by one of Sweetie Belle’s friends, Apple Bloom. “Howdy there, Spike! How’s everything?”
“Well, you know… Busy running errands and what not,” Spike shrugged, trying to not have Apple Bloom catch on to him not being completely honest. “Can I get some apples please? I have the bits if you need it-”
“Nah, it’s alright. I’m sure you’re getting them for Twilight, so I’ll just let AJ know. You can wait by the porch if ya like.” Apple Bloom suggested as she went back into the barn to go find Applejack. But while they were waiting outside, that was when Lyall decided to speak up on what he was feeling.
“Guys… Something’s not right. I’m feeling a Digimon nearby.”
That had Spike and Button look at one another with concern as the colt took out the digivice and looked at it to talk to Lyall. “A-are you sure? Where?” It took a few moments in order for Lyall to try and figure that out. But once he did, that was when the digimon himself felt tempted in order to come out of the digivice and point it out to them.
Instead, he did his best to not attract attention and just told them both where he felt it the best he could. “I’m feeling it coming from something that’s like a small shack off the edge of this orchard.”
“Well, I know that the Apple Family keeps a tool shed for extra buckets when they have a huge harvest,” Spike replied back, before both of them looked at one another. “Should we go look?”
“What if Applebloom comes back?”
“How about Spike stays at the porch for when Apple Bloom comes back while Button and I go check it out? We don’t know if this digimon is hostile or not and Leona’s not with Spike, so if this digimon does attack, we could at least be able to defend ourselves?” Lyall suggested to them.
“That… may work,” Button then told him. “Alright, if we aren’t back in time, keep Apple Bloom busy until we get back.” The dragon nodded as the colt decided to follow that of his digivice as a small compass like screen soon lead Button in the right direction. But when they got closer… that’s when the fur on the colt’s neck began to stand up as he looked around the area and got closer to the small shed.
Only when he was at the door to hear some rustling around and then… a voice. “Applebloom-Mon? Applebloom-mon, is that you?”
“Um……” Before the colt could respond, the doors on the shed opened up as Button was tackled to the ground. Knocking off his pinwheel cap and also his digivice to the ground as he now stared at what just tackled him. It was a red like dino creature with a variety of strange like symbols on it’s body and what looked like a pair of ears that looked like bat wings. It looked for a moment at him, before tilting it’s head.
“Hunh? You’re not Applebloom-mon…” It looked at Button for a few moments… before actually sniffing him and then tilting his head even more. “But you smell like Applebloom-mon?”
“Y-you know Apple Bloom?” Button asked in confusion. “W-who are you?”
“I’m Guilmon… and Applebloom-mon’s my friend and tamer!! Are you friends with Apple Bloom?” He asked, before sniffing Button again. “Hey… Why do you smell like Digimon?”
“Uh oh…” Button thought to himself, thinking that he needed to get out of the situation immediately. At least… until he heard something else that caused him to draw a sigh of relief for a moment.
“Guilmon!! What are you doing?”
“Applebloom-mon!” The dinosaur digimon playfully cried out. “This pony smells of digimon!” That… along with Apple Bloom showing up five seconds later with a digivice of her own dangling around her neck seemed to make the situation even more awkward than it already was. Especially when she saw his digivice on the ground.
“Y-you’re a tamer!?”
“You’re a tamer?!”
And then that was followed by Spike a few seconds later. “Apple Bloom, you’re a tamer!?”
Which, in turn… made Lyall think of one thing inside his head as he began to take a deep breath. “Dear Sovereigns, give me patience.”
End Chapter 7